Stemming the Tide of Obstetric Morbidity: An Opportunity for the Anesthesiologist to Embrace the Role of Peridelivery Physician. Issue 3 (September 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mhyre, J.M.; Bateman, B.T.
• Is Part Of: Obstetric anesthesia digest. Volume 36:Issue 3(2016:Sep.)
• Page Start: 115
• Page End: 116
• Publication Date: 2016-09
• Subjects: Maternal Morbidity and Mortality -- Anesthetic Complications; Anesthesia in obstetrics -- Periodicals; Anesthesia in obstetrics -- Abstracts -- Periodicals; 617.968205
• DOI: 10.1097/01.aoa.0000489432.78447.32
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0275-665X

Abstract

Abstract : ( Anesthesiology. 2015;123(5):986–989) Today, the use of anesthesia and analgesia during childbirth accounts for 75% fewer maternal deaths than in 1980. Anesthesia-related complications such as high neuraxial block and difficult intubation still occur in roughly 1 of 3000 deliveries, although these complications are rare enough that there are not many population-level studies available. A recent study by Guglielminotti et al1 took on this subject by analyzing New York state administrative data from 2003 to 2012. The authors found that anesthesia-related complications had declined by 25% during this time period, with a 25% decrease in the risk of negative outcomes when using neuraxial anesthesia.